What transplant patients need to know about COVID vaccines

<p>Transplant patients are at higher risk for COVID-19 and should get the vaccine, but only those using mRNA. <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/surgery/dr-lewis-william-teperman-md-11372627'>Lewis Teperman, MD</a>, director of transplant services for Northwell Health and vice chair of surgery at North Shore University Hospital, explains.</p> Organ transplants during COVID-19 <p>Dr. Teperman led the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) strikeforce, which wrote the blueprint on how to perform transplants safely during the pandemic. <a href='https://nsuh.northwell.edu/news/insights/organ-transplants-can-safely-be-performed-during-a-pandemic-here-s-how-'>Read some of his insights</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSn6Cra_QAs'>6 questions</a> with Dr. Teperman on the COVID vaccine and transplant patients</p> <p>Watch <a href='https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOylAPfMBafmhQIwY75QbOzNcQEpz5tEr'>20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube</a></p>